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GMPolya :

07 Jul 2013 11:33:03am

Smart academic comparisons between the Coalition (the Libs) and Labor (the Labs) (collectively aka the Lib-Labs or Liberal-Laborals) should not be permitted to hide the common moral and intellectual failures of these pro-war, pro-Zionist, anti-science, anti-education, pro-coal, pro-gas, anti-environment, US lackey, human rights-violating, war criminal, climate criminal, neoliberal "gangs" and "sub-gangs".

Thus Rudd's return has transformed the political scene from Labor annihilation to a neck-and-neck race between the Libs and the Labs, but while sensible people from the almost non-existent Left to the dominant, salivating Right vastly prefer Rudd's clear, fluid articulation of ideas over Gillard's horribly robotic, elocutionally-challenged and abusive style, many of the criticisms of Gillard policies also apply to the same Rudd policies (Google "100 reasons why Australians must reject Gillard Labor"). That said, Kevin Rudd will run rational and rhetorical rings around Tony "stop the boats" Abbott in any public debates.

There urgently needs to be rational public discussion of policies and ideas rather than mindless expressions of tribal or "gang" loyalty. Unfortunately there is appalling censorship within formerly ideas-based universities and by the 18-universities-backed web magazine The Conversation (Google "Censorship by The Conversation", "Academic censorship: why you should NOT study at the University of Melbourne", "Book review: Whackademia reveals parlous state of Australia's censored, under-funded & dumbing-down universities" and "Book review: Australian universities a portrait of decline").